Josiah S. Johnston

Josiah Stoddard Johnston (24 November 1784-19 May 1833) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Louisiana's at-large district (DR) from 4 March 1821 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding Thomas Butler) and a US Senator from 15 January 1824 to 19 May 1833 (succeeding James Brown and preceding Alexander Porter).

Biography
Josiah Stoddard Johnston was born in Salisbury, Connecticut in 1784, and he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788. He became a lawyer in Alexandria, Louisiana, serving in the territorial legislature from 1805 to 1812. From 1812 to 1821, he served as a state district judge, and he then served in the US House of Representatives from 1821 to 1823 and in the US Senate from 1824 to 1833. He died in the explosion of the steamboat Lioness in 1833.